"BEATS"  Parental Advisory genre: Illbient
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	this is the first "digital" track i ever created. it was around 1998, i was working in a cubicle and hating my life. i had thoughts of trying to produce some tracks, ala TRICKY, MOBY, the RZA (my biggest influences at the time), but i couldn't seem to get up the nerve and actually start DOING something. then I saw a flyer in the window of this "hip" clothing store on Broadway (called ANTIQUE BOUTIQUE or some s___t) asking for demos for a label they were starting. I decided to make 2 tracks in this basic program ROBERT HENRY had given me called SoundEdit (naively fantasizing that they would hear how great I am, give me a record deal, get me out of the regular 9-5 world, etc.) the track was assembled cut-and-paste style, using 2 of the nicest drum breaks of all-time, and several different snippets of vocals and misc. sounds. i had never created a 'digital' song before, {i had always made songs with a 4-track, playing all the parts live} and I was amazed at what was possible - even in this very basic music program. i created BEATS and one other song, then went thru the ordeal of figuring out how to get them from my computer to an actual CD {i knew nothing about TOAST or anything like that at the time, so I had to get the job done for me at some place in the city i can't remember}. when i finally got the songs on a CD i designed a cover, put together my little "demo package", and dropped it off at the store. i never heard anything from them (of course), but that's not the point. the point IS: that flyer in the window of ANTIQUE BOUTIQUE was the trigger that finally got me started on making my own tracks and was the crucial first step in moving towards a solo career and becoming the JOSHUAGABRIEL we all know and love today.
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